Here we are with another Friday upon us. Have you spotted any “unassuming gurus” this week? The only barrier to this is the unconscious assumption that there are none. You’re not unconsciously assuming that, are you? Merriam (below) offers a great question for all of us to notice.

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Hi Mr. White

I don’t feel free to be me. I think there is more to me than I am letting out. Is that possible? Perhaps you can be my unassuming guru with this?

Thank you, Merriam

Hi Merriam

What makes a person free to be who he or she wants to be is the ability to see how unfree he or she presently is.

Now let’s look at that:

Steve is easily irritated. It seems a morning cannot go by without Steve getting agitated about something – the traffic’s too dense, the coffee’s too cold, the phone won’t stop ringing off the hook!

Lois is easily persuaded. It seems that whenever Lois offers her point of view, and someone comes along offering something different, Lois immediately agrees with the other point of view because of her deep need to be liked.

Ted is easily offended. You can’t sneeze while looking Ted’s way without him taking it personally. The simplest little things can have him feeling defensive.

What do Steve, Lois and Ted have in common? Not one of them is free. Their mechanical minds have them living reactively. And I can promise you that it shows if you look deep into their eyes – there is a vacancy; not vibrancy, not aliveness – yes, vacancy.

So, what makes a person free to be the joyful, creative, fully alive being that we all want to be? That’s easy. It begins with awareness. Only when you are willing to see what you don’t see – how unfree you have created yourself to be – can you begin to know what you don’t know about yourself. Knowing how you’re not free is the first step to freedom – “SWEET LIBERTY.”

Blessings to you Merriam, Rob

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Hey folks

When you take the inner journey toward the light, you begin to notice those habits and tendencies that possess you. You are never free to be the superlatively creative and joyful being that you are here to be when you are possessed by habits and tendencies. Are you asking, “What’s this got to do with me?”

Blessings & love to all of you, Rob

PSImagine sitting in a dark house looking out at a beautiful sunny day. It’s time to get up and get out there. Be aware! What habits and tendencies stop you?

Are you looking for those wonderful “gifts of truth” that life offers you daily so that you may have a breakthrough to better living? They are there. Dare to be open to a system of thinking that goes beyond your current belief system. Do you dare? That’s where answers are found! Riva wants more aliveness in her living; it’s clear in her inquiry.

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Hi Mr White

I am a positive person, but sometimes I get caught in a negative mood. Is there such a thing as complete positivity, or does everyone get caught in a negative mood every now and again?

Does that question make sense?

Thank you very much for the advice that you give me on your blog site, Riva

Hi Riva

I am happy to serve you as an “ordinary, everyday guru” who may have a tip or two that helps you live better.

Now, in response to your inquiry – just as a chicken farmer must watch diligently to protect his chickens from the neighborhood foxes, so it is that you must remain alert to those negative thought-voices that roam in your field of consciousness. For sure, they will gobble up your optimistic mood if you are unaware of their presence.

When the neighborhood fox carry off the farmer’s chicken, he loses his livelihood. When your negative thought-voices carry off your uplifting mood, it drains your power to create your life as you want it to be.

Use this metaphor to remind yourself of the fact that you are never free of negativity – certainly not when you are living in a reality of polarity. Polarity insists that opposites exist. You cannot have “up” without having “down” somewhere close to be found; you cannot feel optimistic without pessimism prowling around.

When you are aware of this, and alert to when negative thought-voices are imposing themselves on your mind-set, you can take the necessary measures to protect yourself from that. There are many self-help books that address such matters.

Blessings to you Riva, Rob

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Hello folks

The truth shall always make you free – make you free to be who you want to be. No person can serve two masters. What shall it be for thee – positivity or negativity? Choose to serve positivity and you find yourself dripping with creative energy. SWEET VICTORY!

Blessings & love to all of you, Rob

PSTo live truly is to live without allowing negative thought-voices (that come from past failures), to decide your life for you.

Good Monday Morning to each and every one of you “unassuming guru seeking” lovers of life. You are that, aren’t you? Learn to love the idea of life sending you gurus daily to help you with your next breakthrough. An awakened mind sets higher standards, which it never lowers again. Simon poses a great question that can help every one of us wake up.

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Hi Mr. white

I feel unsatisfied with my life, but I don’t know if I am just being a whiner and complainer. And you can throw in a little bit of a blamer into the mix as well. How do I know?

Do you understand my question? I’d love to get your input. What’s your thoughts on this?

Thank you, Simon S.

Hello Simon,

Human beings are forever dissatisfied with their current standard of living. If we weren’t, we’d still be living in caves and carrying around a club. However, if the feeling of dissatisfaction is to be a powerful one, then certainly the act of whining, complaining and blaming is not the way to go. It must be inspirational dissatisfaction. The dissatisfaction must be looked at in an entirely different light.

The rest of your life becomes the best of your life when you look forward to being dissatisfied so you can do something to improve things! You are not here to resignedly accept your dissatisfaction as permanent. You are here to become “conscious cause;” you are here to use your creative imagination to come up with solutions.

Just by inquiring, Simon, you have shown an interest in growing. The greatest moments in a person’s life are the moments when he or she takes an interest in his or her own growth and expansion. Congratulations!

Blessings, Rob

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Hey folks,

How about you? Are you ready to take on a new sense of confidence in yourself? When you keep your mind right you keep your life right. Don’t deny it when you are feeling dissatisfied, but DO be inspired by it! You will like what comes out of your Inspirational Dissatisfaction.

Blessings & love to all of you, Rob

PSEverything works to your advantage when you are inspired to do what needs doing, rather than forced to do it or refuse to do it.

TGIF to each and every one of you wonderful “ordinary guru seeking” individuals. God bless you. YOU bless you. If it is to be it is up to thee. Which is the subject of today’s blog. Let’s see.

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Hi Rob

My life is not quite as I want it to be. My friends are okay, but they are not who I’d love them to be. The circumstances in my life are okay, but they are not what I hoped they’d be. What do I have to do differently?

I will study your response carefully, Monica D.

Hello Monica D.

Wherever you travel, there you are, Monica. And so the life that’s waiting for you is exactly what aligns with the “I AM” that you have declared yourself to be.

Wherever you go you meet the likes of you. Birds of a feather flock together, Monica. There’s no getting around it.

Whatever you do is a projection of your identity. There is no escaping it.

If you want to know why your life unfolds the way it unfolds, simply look within and notice how your thoughts unfold. The world is always a perfect reflection of what you assume yourself to be. I hope you study my response and ask, “What’s this got to do with me?”

Remember, you can always create yourself differently, Monica, and when you mean it – the world will reflect it.

Blessings, Rob

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Hey guys, what about you? If you are going to create new possibilities, you’ve got to begin by creating a new “ME” that looks at yourself differently. Imagine seeing yourself like a vessel that is half full of talents and strengths, and filling quickly with more and more of all that is authentically beautiful about you … rather than seeing yourself as a vessel that is half empty and running out of your richness quickly.

Blessings & Love to all of you, Rob

PS Gladly accept the unique impressions that come from entertaining new ideas about yourself – it will pay off richly.

Hey you “everyday, ordinary, unassuming guru seekers” – YOU ARE ONE OF THEM! My God, don’t forget that. You are a guru in your own right! Merriam is wondering in the right direction. Are you?

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Hi Mr. White

Where do you look to find God? Do you believe in God? Is that a stupid question? I am in my thirties and I would like to think there is a higher power than my fearful self in my life. Just wondering.

Blessings to you Mr, White … Merriam

Hello Merriam

In a small village there lived a very strong, large older man with a great white beard that everyone respected. He had a way about him that was so calming and yet powerful. Every day when he would go to the well with his bucket of water, he would look down into the well and say, “Thank you God” before leaving.

One day a small boy, who had made note of this strange event for several days, went over to the well after this giant of a man had left, and looked down the well to see what God looked like. For surely God lived in the well if this man gave thanks to God by looking down the well.

The boy peered down into the well and saw an image in the water. He took a minute to adjust his eyes, and “Oh my gosh, the image of God was his very own self!”

Look in a mirror, Merriam, and there you will find God looking straight back at you. Was it not said, “The father and I are one, and the father is greater than I, and I am in the father and the father is in me”? Could that be true for you also, Merriam? Just wondering.

Blessings back to you Merriam, Rob.

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Hello folks

So now we look at a very powerful lesson of living – acknowledging the grace of the Infinite’s presence in your very own being. I don’t want to get heavy with this matter, but is it possible that if you’re to connect with God you must accept that God dwells in you, rather than out there in the heavens somewhere?

Blessings & Love Rob

PSThe truth of your original nature is corrupted by a logical mind that has to make horse-sense out of everything? Once you see yourself as a butterfly there’s no going back to being a caterpillar. And yet, when you’re a caterpillar it makes no sense to think you’re a butterfly.